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Angela Merkel, the first woman to be elected as the chancellor in a united Germany, intends to bow out of politics on a high note after steering Germany to becoming a guiding light of world order.
With her at the helm, Germany declared and entered no wars. She concentrated in keeping her country’s economy great and a democracy functioning well for all, as well as ensuring political stability.
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Alternative Title: Angela Dorothea Kasner
Angela Merkel, née
Angela Dorothea Kasner, (born July 17, 1954, Hamburg, West Germany), German politician who in 2005 became the first female chancellor of Germany.
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Where was Angela Merkel educated?
Merkel finished (1973) high school in Templin, East Germany, and received (1978) a bachelor’s degree in physics at Karl Marx University (now the University of Leipzig). She then worked at the Central Institute of Physical Chemistry of the Academy of Sciences in East Berlin, earning (1986) a doctorate for her thesis on quantum chemistry.
What did Angela Merkel accomplish?
During her time as the first female chancellor of Germany, Merkel was a leading figure in European politics, championing austerity as the path to recovery for Europe’s damaged economies. Faced with Europe’s gravest refugee crisis since World War II, she maintained that Germany would keep its borders open in the face